A Boy

1882

James Wells Champney

Associated Names
James Wells Champney

Artist, American, 1843 - 1903

The image shows a sketch of a boy standing with his hands behind his back and facing forward. He has a wide smile, round face, dark tousled hair, and is wearing a long-sleeved shirt, knee-length pants with a patched knee, and no shoes. The background is textured, and on the left side, "A BOY" is written vertically. The artist's signature, J. Wells Champney, is at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.19 × 10.16 cm (6 3/8 × 4 in.)
    plate: 16.99 × 11.11 cm (6 11/16 × 4 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 32.86 × 22.54 cm (12 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3617

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: A Boy; lower left in graphite: J. Wells Champney

Wikidata ID

Q77011411

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